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=History=
A general history of the Magisterium.
===2009-2012: Formative Years===▼
The first three years of the Magisterium saw the passing of large amounts of foundational legislation, including legislation on endorsement caps, treason, time standardization, citizenship, and the creation of an army. The Magisterium also created its Standing Orders during this time.
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Around this time is also when the Magisterium began to solidify the procedures that it would use today, via deciding how Provosts are to be elected and how voting on Magisterium proposals would take place.
===First Constitutional Convention (Jan. 2012- Jul. 2012)===
In Janurary of 2012, Todd McCloud suggested that the Magisterium host a Constitutional Convention in order to implement many new ideas surrounding government. Most Magisters agreed with the idea, and so it began in the same month.
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No record currently exists of the results of the Convention, but it can be assumed that results included the shortening of Arbiter terms as well as changes in Citizenship procedure to include forum administration preforming IP checks.
==Late 2012-2014==
This era of the Magisterium saw a revival of the activity that occurred in early 2009. Multiple legislative heavyweights, such as Jurisdictions, Bachtendekuppen, A Slanted Black Stripe, God-Emperor and Aelitia would begin to take part of the Magisterium during these years, pushing various amounts of legislative reform.
Most of the laws passed within this era have served as the basis of the East Pacific's body of law as of 2020. Legislation passed dealt with advertisement on the Regional Message Board, revision of the Standing Orders, reformation of the army, new endorsement cap law, and limiting of the number of Arbiters from 7 to 4.
The Magisterium dealt with three issues during this time:
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